Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af29a89e89c80dc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: 19f858849d368620e425e618a1aee58d SHA-1: 25e9545c76f21d32c1e81160aab17945a5c399de SHA-256: af29a89e89c80dc7e9a2a50379a03fc6689b1105daf92f2e349f4354ec4a1aea
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains an XFA form and triggers the CVE-2010-0188 heuristic, indicating exploitation of a vulnerability in Adobe Reader related to LibTIFF processing within XFA forms. The presence of ASCIIHexDecode and ASCII85Decode filters further suggests obfuscation techniques used to hide the exploit payload. The extracted artifact 'stream_000_off000001f9.bin' is likely the decompressed exploit code.

Heuristics 5

  • Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188
    PDF contains XFA image data with an inline crafted TIFF payload and shellcode/delivery markers. This is the data-bound variant of the CVE-2010-0188 Adobe Reader LibTIFF/XFA exploit shape.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off000001f9.bin
633b6c585d5662f4d27394823cc42f2c392a781a313aeb485765be6ddc695cc3
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1F9 13469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).